It's a long way until the next election and much can happen. Someone needs to post Mr Ignatieff's published thought on line so we can get the message out across this country.The most important decision any leader makes is who he hires to serve him.That is Mr Ignatieff's biggest failure because some of choices are so tainted with back room corruption he can't do a cover up.So for his most telling attribute; that of who he hires, I give him a big "F".I'm not Anonymousmel wilde

Iggy's vision of Canada is that of an Ivy League grad student. Canada is not a collection of individuals looking to live good lives; it is a socialist fantasyland in which everyone buys in to the nanny state, where the risks of life have been eliminated, and everyone is taken care of by big brother.

If Iggy spoke to actual Canadian people, he would realize that his outlook is both out-to-lunch, and politically DOA.

"whip me, beat me, tax me and deplete my take-home pay....I've been a naughty liberal selfishly thinking of only my family's welfare first...I must atone! Tax me further oh great light-bringer of the church of kleptomania."

If that doesn't sound like anyone west of Rosedale, then I think Iggy is going after a very small and affluent constituency.

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Gerry Nicholls is a communications consultant and writer who has been called a “political warrior” a “brilliant strategist” and one of the “canniest political observers in Canada.”
He has worked as a consultant in both the United States and Canada and was formerly a senior officer in the National Citizens Coalition.
A regular columnist with the Ottawa Hill Times, his work has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the National Post and in the Sun Media chain; and he has appeared on countless TV and radio public affairs programs. He is the author of the book, Loyal to the Core, Harper, Me and the NCC.

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